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Ben Darlow

@kapowaz.net
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Designer/Engineer. Maker of things. Emoji artisan. Keyboard enthusiast (@kapowaz.industries). Coventry City fan. Invented @-replies. Not John Green. Non-American. He/Him.

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Beefcake Dad @jeffsreturn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Googling Tony Blair Arms Deal to find out what the deal is with those arms
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Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 29/09/2026
I’m sure there’s absolutely nothing significant about a UK TV series from 30 years ago which showcased black music having more 1 out of 10 votes on IMDB than any other score.
It was one of Channel four's most distinctive and evolving brands. Flava was the first black music series to showcase the best in urban music from rap to hip hop, from soul to garage and from R'n'B to Drum'n'bass! Flava consisted of 6 series and included exclusive videos from the likes of Missy Elliot and Sisqo. It also included live performances from some of the hott... Read all

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Kele Le Roc Beverley Knight Michelle GayleAverage review score of 6.6 (no written reviews). Most votes are clustered on 1/10 and 4/10, with a distribution more evenly around 7-10
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Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 29/09/2026
I realise you’re looking at the product page for the thing we just showed you an advert for, and we’re happy you actually clicked the link but would you mind first interacting with this full screen modal wheel of fortune mini game where we offer you 10% off in exchange for your email first
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Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 28/09/2026
When you’ve got a court appearance for spreading propaganda at 12, but you’ve got a competitive Hearthstone match at 3 news.err.ee/1610150341/7...
Oleg Bessedin at the Harju County Court courthouse in 2025, wearing a Hearthstone zip hoodie
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Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 27/09/2026
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Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 25/09/2026
Dark Matter S2E5 ‘Love, and Be Loved’ is one of the all-time classic episodes of television. Truly belongs in the pantheon of the greats alongside The Visitor (DS9), Eulogy (Black Mirror) and Long, Long Time (The Last Of Us).
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Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 25/09/2026
HAAAAS ANYONE SEEN
The Man City fan who pretended to drink from an Arsenal bottle near the end of last season, in which Man City _did not_ win the title.
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Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 25/09/2026
Can we stop making jokes about the fascist groups giving them silly infantilising names or associating them with ‘chav’ concepts. It’s utterly ineffective *and* it’s classless snobbery.
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Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 25/09/2026
The inaction of the government is absolutely terrifying me. Our very own SA is coalescing before our eyes and will be immovable once they’re established.
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Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 24/09/2026
I’m glad people like Stephen sort through the mad and vile ravings of people on the right because sometimes there’s valuable stuff to be listened to. I don’t agree with everything JRM says but there is also a lot of truth in it (for better or worse).
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Andy @alreadytaken74.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Can’t stop watching it.
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Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 23/09/2026
no way lmfao
Gary’s bringing something extra to the lemon party.
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Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 23/09/2026
At this point the BBC News org is essentially a bullhorn for the fascists.
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Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 21/09/2026
Destiny’s back! Great news for the fans. My heart goes out to all the staff who lost their jobs in the layoffs resulting from the catastrophically bad studio leadership, though. Is shitshow one word or two? www.bungie.net/7/en/News/Ar...
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The Next Chapter for Bungie
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Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 20/09/2026
Rental bikes.
A Lime bike parked right in the middle of a boxed out area of the road with clear lettering: CAR CLUB ONLYTwo Forest bikes parked in a crossed out section of a roadGarfield looking at a sign with a picture of him crossed out, with the caption “Huh. I wonder who that’s for.”
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Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 17/09/2026
Last time they just had Alan Greenspan march into the Oval Office and knock Clinton around a bit. Have they lost that power?
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Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 17/09/2026
I knew this was coming. Demonisation of the neurodivergent will be next.
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Dr Jaime Ashworth @drjaimeashworth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
As I set out yesterday, I think Piddington is being taken insufficiently seriously all round. framingthequestion.blog/2026/09/16/n...
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Not wanted here? Piddington and Cumulative Radicalisation
“Jews not wanted here” sign, Germany 1937 (Julien Bryan/USHMM #64416) The decision by the Oxfordshire village of Piddington to vote to leave the UK over “concerns” about proposed immigr…
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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I mean if you really want to hear Ed Sheeran without any opening acts you can simply get put on hold with your bank
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Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 16/09/2026
Stephen Root is a bit like Bryan Cranston in that he’s a brilliant character actor who’s had a ton of small roles without a lot of recognition. Now he has an Emmy and everyone is starting to see how great he is.
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Gabby HC @scriblit.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The person with the music written on their arse from Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights has pulled out of Ed Sheeran's tour
A bare bum with music written on it. Someone is pointing at it all 'look! Arse music!'
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Woodo @woodo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
BREAKING: Ed Sheeran Tour latest
Partridge: I might as well say this now, Sue Cook has pulled out.
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Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 15/09/2026
tf when you accidentally a bot swarm
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei pulling a grimaced expression
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Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 15/09/2026
Genuinely been struggling to figure out what my Halloween costume should be, so thank you Ed Sheeran for throwing me a bone
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Cethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 15/09/2026
Pretty funny that Ed Sheeran seemingly only hired Irish people and yet didn't see this coming.
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Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 15/09/2026
Congressman David Murray from Parks and Rec, sat unerringly still and staring straight ahead with a half smile inside his office, facing a bare wall
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Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 15/09/2026
@leftatlondon.com is your ricky gervais impression video lost to the internet now? I think of it often but can never find it
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
She’s an Emmy winner!!!
@katiedippold tweet:

TBT to Halloween when I dressed as the babadook but my friend's house had more of a grown ups drinking wine vibe

(Image of Katie in full babadook costume and makeup surrounded by people in casual clothes)
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Mr. Bedtime @InternetHippo

I stepped away from my computer for a moment. When I returned, it was building something. I did not ask it to do this. We're not ready for what's coming

(picture of windows 3d pipes screen saver)
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Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 14/09/2026
consistently turning up for the bad guys
Ed Sheeran in Game of Thrones, playing a Lannister soldier
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Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 14/09/2026
In progress: a shape packing plugin for Figma.
A screenshot from Figma showing a plugin dialog with various settings, and to the left of it a preview of an image showing my K logo filled with a variety of randomly sized and positioned icons, that gives it the impression of being filled.
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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
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Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 13/09/2026
Who allowed a tiny baby to post anyway smh
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/09/2026
A trans man in the UK has been banned in the workplace restrooms after he was forced to use the women's restrooms to comply with the new EHRC guidance. The women complained because he is visibly male and so they told him he can't use any bathroom.
A screenshot of a Reddit post from the r/LegalAdviceUK subreddit by user Dijstraanon, titled "FtM transgender facing two different issues at work? England."
The post text reads:
"Brother in law is trans FtM and presents fully as a man. He's now facing an impossible situation at work with his employer telling him that due to recent legislation he must use the toilet of his birth gender. BUT several female colleagues have raised a grievance about him using their gendered toilet.
His employer has told him that he cannot use the toilet while he is at work until they sort it out and cannot give him a timeframe to do so. They do [cut off] have disabled separate toilets.
In the mean time one of his female colleagues has accused him of sexual harassment because he was used their gendered toilet. His menstrual cycle meant he needed to use the toilet.
He's been with the employer for just over 5 years but only in this location for 18 months. The location is mainly male with just a handful of females, and his workshop only has male toilets.
I do not know how to support him and as he's not in a union there is no one to turn too right now."
The post has an orange "Comments Moderated" tag, 169 upvotes, and 134 comments.
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Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 12/09/2026
Main thing I remember after September 11th was ‘you’re either with us or against us’ and people didn’t collectively call that out as the reductive bullshit it is.
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Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 09/09/2026
Can't wait to get the new iPhone Duo and the cool new dock
Apple PowerBook Duo in its dock
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Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 09/09/2026
Tim Burners-Lee
Tim Berners-Lee’s head on top of Saul Goodman’s body, selling pay as you go burner phones on the mean streets of Albuquerque
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Yuri Gnu @yurignu.com · 08/09/2026
loving the new look
Link in the new Ocarina of Time remake and totally not Elizabeth Holmes looking completely normal on the new You Can See Everything documentary
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 08/09/2026
I don’t want to dunk in any one person, as I see this argument a lot, so I’ll post a screenshot rather than quoting it, because this sentiment is common. Peter Thiel has a philosophy degree. Lots of these guys have liberal arts degrees. Credentialism & reverence for institutions won’t save us.
PEOPLE WITH LIBERAL ARTS DEGREES: so while i see there is utility to the system, i'm more or less morally opposed to their current constructs and have big concerns over the business structure and environmental impact
WEB CODER: so i met God today, 2/3
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 08/09/2026
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Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 08/09/2026
If when after you retire the government can claw back the cost of care from your assets (i.e. your home), why couldn’t you just use your pension funds to help buy a home sooner? Am I missing something?
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Playboy @playboy.com · 07/09/2026
Men are "pheromone-maxxing," skipping showers before dates. Kelly Oxford weighs in on whether women really like this. The answer is no.
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Please Don't Skip a Shower Before Your Date, Guys
Men are "pheromone-maxxing," skipping showers before dates. Kelly Oxford weighs in on whether women really like this.
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Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 06/09/2026
Contrast the police statements about the Dover blockade yesterday with the Just Stop Oil protests in 2022
No arrests made during Dover protest, Kent Police says
published at 13:34 5 September
13:34 5 September
Kent Police has issued a statement following the disruption in Dover earlier today.
It says officers "responded to a spontaneous protest" during Saturday morning, adding "no arrests were made".
"Traffic is flowing normally, and all involved had dispersed by midday," it addsThe Met Police said 35 people had been arrested in response to the disruption.
Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist said the action was "criminality", not protest, and pledged to bring those involved to justice as quickly as possible.
"This was a very significant and co-ordinated effort to cause massive disruption to the entirety of the M25," he added.
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Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 07/09/2026
I read this, then I think about Jason Arday, and I get so very, very angry.
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Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 06/09/2026
If they were capable of learning from history you might want to remind these ‘protestors’ what happened to the Brownshirts once Hitler was in power.
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Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 05/09/2026
Putting the ‘thick’ in The Thick of It. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Et3...
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Nadine Dorries quizzed over Reform’s secret donations plot
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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jaywallace1.bsky.social @jaywallace1.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Just realized I could now post the entire Wigan Kebab video.
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Ben Darlow @kapowaz.net · 04/09/2026
Silo season 1 was intriguing, and that kept me going through a quite slow run of episodes in S2, but trust me when I say it’s worth sticking with. Season 3 smashes it out of the park.
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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
To me, the most eye-opening bit of this recent Reform scandal is that these knobheads literally say that the reason they need foreign money is because British people won’t support them.
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Remember: it could be someone you know.
[Scene is a parody of a 1970s Public Information Film. A young girl is going home from school.] 

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[She leaves the school gates]. 

VOICEOVER:

The world today
is full of people.

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You meet lots of them every day. 

[The girl crosses the road with the help of a LOLLIPOP MAN]

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LOLLIPOP MAN says ’to camera’ [girl’s POV]:

Mind ‘ow you go, love.

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But every time you meet one,

[She gets on a bus]

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BUS DRIVER [also talking to camera]:

That’ll be 40p, please

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[She enters a sweet shop]

You must always think to yourself:

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[The kindly looking woman behind the counter hands her a bag of pick n mix]
 
KINDLY WOMAN:
There y’are, sweet’art...

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[Voiceover again]:

Could *they* be a person who leaves one-star reviews for things when they get sent the wrong item?

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[The woman picks up a smartphone to write something]

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[Cut to a view of her phone screen, it is an Amazon review page for Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro]: 
 
Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro
[one star]
THIS ISN’T A PRIT STICK

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[Woman looks ‘to camera’ at the girl, sinisterly]

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[Girl’s terrified face behind the ad’s final text line]:

Always have one-star-reviewers-of-things-for-not-being-other-things sense.

[Ends]
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